How does Hami Uygur embroidery industry help farmers and herdsmen get rid of poverty and become rich?

Uygur embroidery in Hami, Xinjiang is a distinctive variety in Chinese embroidery family. In 2008, it was listed in the list of national intangible cultural heritage protection projects, and its theme is mainly flowers, animals and patterns that express auspicious meanings. Among them, the works with peony, bergamot, bamboo, orchid and other plants and flowers as the theme reflect the exchange and integration of Hami embroidery and embroidery varieties in other parts of the motherland, which is unique in Xinjiang traditional embroidery.

In recent years, Hami folk embroidery enterprises and professional cooperatives have made great progress under the guidance and support of relevant government departments, and achieved good economic and social benefits. Founded in 2009, "Yizhou Flower" National Embroidery Professional Cooperative took the lead in combining handicrafts with high-tech equipment, and its output expanded rapidly. In recent years, its sales growth rate reached double digits. Belhan Ableqi, head of the cooperative, said that the cooperative provided jobs for the children of local farmers and herdsmen, and also increased the part-time income for the local "embroidered mother" who usually farmed.

On March 20 16, the Ministry of Culture set up the first traditional craft workstation in Hami, which promoted the protection, inheritance and market development of traditional embroidery craft through tripartite cooperation among design enterprises, universities and local workstations. In 20 17, Kader Embroidery Cooperative has formed a part-time "Embroidery Mother" team of more than 100 people, with an order amount exceeding 600,000 yuan. Kader said that the development and innovation of the traditional embroidery industry has promoted the effective protection and inheritance of the traditional crafts of ethnic minorities, and also opened up a new road for farmers and herdsmen to get rid of poverty and become rich. Source: Yang Guang